Reunited

-Chapter Three-

Zoey awoke to a knock on her door. She had settled into one of Chase's many guest rooms in his house the previous night. She was so exhausted that she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Zoey stiffly got out of the bed and slipped on her pink silk robe. "Who is it?"

"Christine," she heard the voice through the door.

"Oh," Zoey opened the door.

Christine smiled brightly coffee in her hand, dressed, "Hi!"

"Hi. Um, what time is it?" Zoey asked.

"11:17. Nicole and I are doing some last minute shopping for the wedding. Would you like to come with?" Christine pushed back her brown hair out of her face.

"Um, no I don't think so. I was gonna maybe talk to Chase a bit more. You know to catch up and stuff?" Zoey said.

"You're too late. He already left for Kenosha to pick up a few orders for the cafe," Christine informed her.

"Then I'll wait for him to come home," Zoey said.

"He'll be gone all day. Come on you'll have much more fun with us girls. Please," Christine tried to persuade her.

Zoey looked at Christine. This was beyond weird. Some woman was begging her to go on a shopping trip that she just met, "Well...I guess I could go for a few hours."

"Great! Get ready and we'll meet you downstairs in about five minutes!" Christine turned and walked down the stairs.

Once Zoey got dressed the three young ladies headed to a store called Giovanni's for wedding and formal dresses.

"You haven't already picked out your dress?" Zoey asked.

"Not yet," Christine replied, "It's between two and I just can't decide."

"Isn't your wedding in like three days or something?" Zoey asked.

"Yep," Christine said picking up a slim, silk, beaded wedding dress.

"Oh that one's gorgeous! It's kind of like the dress that my second cousin's wife wore on her wedding day," Nicole said.

"Hey, Zoey we have to find you a dress!" Christine said excitedly.

"No, it's okay I have my own dress to wear," Zoey said.

"Well, that's the thing. I want you to be in the wedding. You and Chase have been so close over the years and it seems kind of wrong to just leave you out of our special day," Christine smiled.

Zoey looked at the woman like she was absolutely insane, "Um I don't think so. I mean if I've known you for more than fourteen hours I probably would, but I haven't."

"Yes, but you've know Chase for what? 10 years? You have got to be in the wedding. Plus Nicole and Dana are bridesmaids," Christine said with persuasion. Nicole stood there staring at them confused as always.

"I've known Chase for twelve years," Zoey corrected her, "And Dana's going to be in the wedding? When is she coming?" Zoey veered the conversation away from her being in a wedding she didn't even support let alone want to go to.

"Dana should be here in a few hours with Logan," Nicole reminded her. "Oh and Michael is already here. He went with Chase to pick up some stuff in Kenosha."

"Wait, Dana is with Logan? How long has been since I've seen all of you?" Zoey asked. It was all too much.

"Three years," Nicole said, "They're married."

"Gosh. Dana and Logan. They were so perfect for each other and they actually got married," Zoey pondered.

"Zoey, do you want to be in the wedding? Because if you do, I'm going to need an answer soon. Time is running out. We need to find you a dress," Christine interrupted impatiently tapping her foot vigorously.

Says the woman who hasn't even bought her wedding dress three days before her wedding, Zoey thought.

She sighed, "I guess."

"Yea!" Nicole hugged her friend.

"Oh try this one on!" Christine pulled out a long, silk, lavender, dress off the rack. "What size are you?"

"I'm a size six," Zoey said. She was starting to feel a little dizzy.

"Here. The dressing room is over there," Christine pointed to the back corner of the store.

Zoey walked into the dressing room. The dizzy feeling grew more. She removed her clothes and slipped into the dress. It was a little tight in the middle but that was no surprise to her. It felt like the room was spinning. She rested her head on the back of the wall; before she knew it everything went black.

"...she's waking up."

"That was weird. I wonder what happened."

"Shh..."

Zoey's eyes fluttered open, "What happened?" She looked up at Nicole and Christine who were staring at her, worried faces.

"You passed out. Are you alright? Should we take you to the doctor?" Nicole asked, worried.

"No, I know why I fainted. It happened a couple of days ago too," Zoey said.

"What is it?" Nicole asked.

"I can't really say yet." Zoey said. "I don't want you to freak you out. In the meantime do you guys mind if I go lay down back at Chase's place?"

"No, we don't mind, "Christine said.

"But Zoey I want to know-"

"I'll tell you when the time is right," Zoey cut her off and walked out the door.

A/N: Can you guess what it is? Let me tell you it is going to be a big, no HUGE, part of this story.

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